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Neurodiversity in higher education : positive responses to specific learning differences /

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This edited collection offers screening, teaching and practical support for specific learning differences in Higher Education: UsesA international case studies to explain how psychologists identify, assess and support a range of specific learning differences in students; The higher education sector...

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Other Authors: Pollak, David
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Chichester, UK ; Malden, MA : Wiley-Blackwell, 2009.
Series:Wiley Online Library.
Subjects:
College students with disabilities.
Learning disabled > Education (Higher)
Learning > Physiological aspects.
Education.
EDUCATION > Special Education > Learning Disabilities.
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Introduction / David Pollak
  • Neurodiversity, disability, legislation and policy development in the United Kingdom / Alan Hurst
  • The psychological assessment of neurodiversity / David Grant
  • Dyslexia / Ross Cooper
  • Dyspraxia / Sharon Drew
  • Dyscalculia / Clare Trott
  • Asperger syndrome : empathy is a two-way street / Nicola Martin
  • Attention deficit (hyperactivity) disorder AD(H)D / Mary Colley
  • Mental well-being / Kitty McCrea
  • Assistive technology / E.A. Draffan
  • Teaching, learning and assessment : 'it's not like you think' / Heather Symonds
  • Conclusion : constructing the whole picture and looking forward / David Pollak.